Intuit Founder Scott Cook Has A Brilliant Way Of Doing Reference Checkshttp://www.businessinsider.com/intuit-scott-cook-on-reference-checks-2014-1/comments
en-usWed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500Tue, 03 Mar 2015 17:52:18 -0500Vivian Gianghttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/52d3167969bedd7c2eb54554thebodygdSun, 12 Jan 2014 17:26:01 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52d3167969bedd7c2eb54554
If somebody is a 9 or 10, they would go to Google, Facebook, Apple. Intuit would be the last place. Period.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52cd32ee6bb3f76f2f5aed7cSherman mcCoyWed, 08 Jan 2014 06:13:50 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52cd32ee6bb3f76f2f5aed7c
If somebody is a 9 or 10, I'd then ask, "why did you let them go?". A top performer who's shopping their CV says awful things about their current employer.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52cccc51eab8ea1c6bd75d8f?????????Tue, 07 Jan 2014 22:56:01 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52cccc51eab8ea1c6bd75d8f
And then Scott Cook doesn't hire anyone then goes on TV and cries about how there are no Americans willing to work for slaves wages.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ccc89969bedd8329e61169jamesxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxTue, 07 Jan 2014 22:40:09 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52ccc89969bedd8329e61169
Sucking up to your boss, and forming reality TV Island alliances with co-workers is the same thing.
There is nothing but politicisms in all of this anyhow.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52cc7f936da811b4048b456dThis is nothing newTue, 07 Jan 2014 17:28:35 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52cc7f936da811b4048b456d
Just about every recruiter doing a reference check asks the exact same 1-10 scale questions. Either Scott Cook (Intuit) is full of fluff or has been sitting in a cave for the last 10 years not realizing this has been the norm already.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52cc6f596da811cc57f03ad2pushbuttonchimpTue, 07 Jan 2014 16:19:21 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52cc6f596da811cc57f03ad2
When you start a new job the first thing you do is build alliances that transcend the job.
Sucking up to the boss is not important, building lasting relationships with people who will give you a good reference, as well as you giving them a good reference is worth more than any inside-game at that particular company. Companies come and go. Friends that have your back are priceless. Tell people up front that you will give them a good reference if they will do the same for you. You don't have to be buddies. Business works on relationships, otherwise why would a reference matter. The more people you have for real, bonafide references the better your career will be. And it doesn't matter about LinkedIn, what matters is that these people have your back and you have theirs.
Be open with your co-workers that the market is a candidates' market, and you will build alliances that last long after the tenure at that job. Fearing your manager is no longer a problem. The manager should always be fearing that they will lose you. It's unfortunate that this is the right strategy but it's the only way to keep your employer in line and to maintain the right work relationship. Employers need you more than you need them. When you exhibit fear, you give your employer undeserved power over you because they smell the fear, and you make yourself vulnerable. Have a strategy that says the market is yours for the choosing, not the other way around. If you're out of a "job", create an employer that you work for even if it's your own company, never present yourself as unemployed. You are the master of your ship, not the job market.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52cb4cff6da8116a248e55d2BHMon, 06 Jan 2014 19:40:31 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/52cb4cff6da8116a248e55d2
Great. Then you end up hiring nobody, or only people with nothing wrong, then you end up as Intuit.